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Reply | Title procession or Covvy wobble? – Oppo Focus
at 01:05 30 Jan 2026
I can't quite get up for this one yet, I'm still empty from the Wrexham ending...
At least I can justifiably expect the worst here, although it's often these kind of games we do well in.... |
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Reply | Christian Nourry - Two Year Anniversary
at 01:03 30 Jan 2026
As far as Nourry is concerned they say the end justifies the means, and I'm not a big fan of the means so far, but it's too early to know the end.
I had a previous post a while back with my thoughts and pros/cons so won't repeat myself, ultimately we'll know more based on where are and what the balance sheets look like in around 2 years.
For now I'd like to see some evidence of year on year learning and tangible changes to address prominent issues directly. Real improvements come from lessons learned, and the best lessons come from mistakes, which are also inevitable in such a difficult role. The issue is that Nourry doesn't want to acknowledge mistakes, at least publicly, so we don't know if or where there's accountability taken.
Let's see what the accounts for this year look like, and then in the summer I want to see some money coming in from player sales, proper changes to the medical side, a commitment to and continuation of Andy Evans work, further improvement on the communication - with less PR and more honesty - and to make sure the pitch never looks like this again...
Hunters point about trust is a good one and the biggest issue for Nourry and the genuine supporter base, imo. The above would go a long way to fixing that. |
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Reply | 'We need to feel the support tomorrow'
at 12:58 24 Jan 2026
Got 20 seconds into it with the first question - the weather was terrible wasn't it, hard for anyone not to be shit isn't it?
Spare me the propaganda, lads. |
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Reply | Player Sales
at 02:49 23 Jan 2026
Madsen 10 million?? Is that in Yen?
I like Madsen and think he's become crucial to our way of playing, largely because we have no natural replacement, but these valuations for him are mental. |
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Reply | Sam field
at 20:53 22 Jan 2026
The younger this squad gets, the more important the likes of Sam Field are to a team. Almost to the point of being invaluable.
Did we learn nothing from Alan Browne? Sunderland with all the trinkets and no substance, a little grit and they turn a corner. Boro doing the same now with him.
I think you'd struggle to get promoted with a team of Sam Fields, but you never will without a couple. |
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Reply | Lather, rinse, repeat – Report
at 20:49 22 Jan 2026
Marti was slow on the uptake occasionally, but he always figured out a rubix cube turn that got the absolute maximum out of what he had available, and I don't recall him egregiously playing people out of position to suit a style.
I thought with the change after Coventry we had something similar with JS, who recognised a way to go back to basics and get the most out of certain players. The move to switch Dunne and Mbengue was also spot on. The frustration comes now as he refuses to not recognise that you can't make something work if you don't have the players for it.
West Brom was a turning point for me with JS and his insistence at 442 regardless, all the personnel changes without adjusting the system, so you play with Sam Field up front... To continue to stick with it even post Burrell is just mind numbing for me.
I like JS generally, and am more on the side of positive overall, but IMO to be only 2 points better off a year on from having a team with Frey as your 'best striker' shows that we're underperforming, in terms of performance if not results. |
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Reply | Lather, rinse, repeat – Report
at 19:40 22 Jan 2026
With JCS playing we also had Burrell.
I'm not advocating we don't bring Edwards in ASAP, but I think without Chair especially, you need another option in the middle to build through |
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Reply | Sam field
at 17:02 22 Jan 2026
As someone said online recently, selling Field feels incredibly hubristic. |
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Reply | Lather, rinse, repeat – Report
at 16:30 22 Jan 2026
I'm missing Marti's pragmatism, tbh. Coventry away was the catalyst for a change this season, and it went well, but it shouldn't take another absolute pumping to start to make obvious adjustments.
I'm not saying a change will instantly work and make us amazing, but I can tell you what isn't working....
Also the call for a return to Edwards because of his forward passing is fine, but you do need someone to show and receive it. Chair will offer that and will be huge for the success of Edwards, but who are we playing through in the meantime? Madsen is the obvious choice in this team, but if he's outnumbered in the middle, the strikers are used to direct / channel balls, and the wingers are sat deep with the rest of the team, then Edwards won't make as much difference while we continue to play this way. |
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Reply | The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford
at 21:42 20 Jan 2026
Well Rangers, you won't get many better opportunities than that for 3 points away from home...
Don't give me the injury excuse either, I could make a team of 5 a side ringers that would have given Oxford a game tonight. |
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Reply | The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford
at 21:24 20 Jan 2026
He completely missed the flight of the cross with his man on his shoulder...
Anyway, let's not fall out about RND, there's enough stress to go around tonight |
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Reply | The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford
at 21:09 20 Jan 2026
So in the meantime we just play weeks at a time tossing off games until he's available?
Absolutely ball aching level of inflexibility from JS. This system only works with the right people being fit and available. To force it regardless of that is mind numbing |
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Reply | The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford
at 21:03 20 Jan 2026
Also a heads up for anyone that doesn't think Chair walks back into this and every Rangers team. The kind of game that only he would grab by the neck and try to do something with. |
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Reply | The 3 sides of a match thread at Oxford
at 21:01 20 Jan 2026
A reminder, once again, that Rumarn Burrell made this system work. There is no like for like replacement.
Not Bennie, not Kolli, and certainly not Sam Field.
FIND ANOTHER WAY. |
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